SABLE-3: an amateur stratospheric balloon flight

SABLE-3: an amateur stratospheric balloon flight, Cool Earth images

Paolo Amoroso View Member Profile	Sep 14 2007, 03:58 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 20-January 07 From: Milano, ITALY Member No.: 1633	Google's Lunar X-PRIZE has wet your appetite for robotic space exploration but you haven't got enough Delta-V or are cash-strapped? Enter stratospheric balloons. A group of Canadian amateurs has flown the SABLE-3 balloon (via Backreaction) up to a height of about 35 km and got some pretty cool images of the Earth. Worth a look -- and a thought. Paolo Amoroso -------------------- Avventure Planetarie - Blog sulla comunicazione e divulgazione scientifica

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Paolo Amoroso SABLE-3: an amateur stratospheric balloon flight Sep 14 2007, 03:58 PM

nprev ...Whoa!!! That is major cool!... Sep 14 2007, 04:39 PM

rlorenz QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 14 2007, 12:39 PM) ..... Sep 15 2007, 12:12 PM

Ant103 I like it : simple, low pound and lovely results. Sep 18 2007, 02:19 PM

ustrax QUOTE (Ant103 @ Sep 18 2007, 03:19 PM) I ... Sep 19 2007, 01:00 PM

jaredGalen Anyone have an idea of what size the balloon expan... Sep 19 2007, 02:33 PM

AndyG QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 19 2007, 02:00 PM) ED... Sep 20 2007, 08:04 AM

ustrax I'm seing many of us interested in this theme ... Sep 20 2007, 09:43 AM

ElkGroveDan Wow. I want to do that too. Sep 19 2007, 03:30 PM

djellison So do I - but JP Aerospace wont return my emails ... Sep 19 2007, 03:48 PM

nprev Surprising. Hell, this would be a much less expens... Sep 19 2007, 04:52 PM

dvandorn On the other hand, I can just see a Bob Newhart ph... Sep 19 2007, 04:58 PM

ElkGroveDan The tracking device comes in a kit and is inexpens... Sep 19 2007, 05:39 PM

djellison How about one of the cheap 300D's you can find... Sep 19 2007, 05:41 PM

David 35.8 km is pretty good. I don't think any roc... Sep 19 2007, 06:07 PM

helvick QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 19 2007, 06:41 PM)... Sep 19 2007, 08:12 PM

ElkGroveDan It also occurred to me (knowing squat about balloo... Sep 19 2007, 09:23 PM

jamescanvin Of course the ballon could go a LONG way in 24 hou... Sep 19 2007, 10:43 PM

nprev Hmm...How many "Bobs" do you think we ge... Sep 19 2007, 11:00 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 19 2007, 03:00 PM) EGD... Sep 19 2007, 11:36 PM

nprev Oh, okay; I'm with you now! Yeah, that w... Sep 19 2007, 11:49 PM

helvick The thing is that you want to keep this all very, ... Sep 20 2007, 12:25 AM

djellison I just ebay'd my old Canon S2 IS for about £15... Sep 20 2007, 09:50 AM

ustrax QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 20 2007, 10:50 AM)... Sep 20 2007, 10:13 AM

djellison Hmm- was your dog in Milan last year? Helen had o... Sep 20 2007, 10:18 AM

ustrax QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 20 2007, 11:18 AM)... Sep 20 2007, 10:49 AM

AndyG This is a highly achievable goal in terms of the e... Sep 20 2007, 12:17 PM

Ant103 Hmmm Interesting proposition Rui. I enjoy if I ca... Sep 20 2007, 11:55 AM

nprev Gotta be helium to reach the kind of altitudes des... Sep 20 2007, 12:10 PM

Ant103 I found this page about solar balloons : http://pe... Sep 20 2007, 12:17 PM

Rakhir Speaking about solar balloons, these guys are supp... Sep 20 2007, 12:49 PM

Juramike ! Sep 20 2007, 04:01 PM

nprev ...but that descent chute BETTER work!!... Sep 21 2007, 12:24 AM

ElkGroveDan Don't worry guys. I have heard rumors that we... Sep 21 2007, 01:00 AM

nprev Well, do tell! Like every other California r... Sep 21 2007, 02:02 AM

Juramike I've got a Davis VantagePro weather base stati... Sep 21 2007, 02:54 AM

ustrax QUOTE (Juramike @ Sep 21 2007, 03:54 AM) ... Sep 21 2007, 08:10 AM

Marz This is a fun idea to contemplate! I know tha... Oct 4 2007, 04:13 PM

ngunn Check out this thread: http://www.unmannedspacefli... Oct 4 2007, 04:21 PM

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